Alexandra (Xandra to her friends) is a diva “from a long line of passionate Russians.” She does everything in a big way, is extremely high maintenance and has already been married twice – not to even mention two broken engagements. As Divas Don’t Fake It opens, Xandra sits in a bar with Scott, her gay…
To be honest, I sometimes think I like the idea of erotica better than I do actual erotica. If it isn’t outright crude and emotionally vacant, much of the erotica I’ve read sometimes seems just . . . well, silly. I’m happy to report that two of the stories in this volume are that rare…
The Street Where She Lives suffers from more than a goofy title (My Fair Lady fans notwithstanding). Characters who talk about everything but what’s most important and a middling suspense plot make this story just one more romantic suspense on the shelf. Ben Asher, photojournalist extraordinaire, will do anything for his daughter, Emily. When Emily…
I am so embarrassed by the title of this book. I mentally rechristened it “Large Naked Penises on Parade,” and hoped the stories inside would be better.
Imaginary royals are not my characters of choice, and I hate the runaway bride plot. But I’ve read books featuring characters and plots that normally would send me running the other way that turned out to be keepers. And I do love romantic comedy. So I began A Thoroughly Modern Princess with my hopes high….
The title of this book sounds an awful lot like that of one of my favorite Regencies, Emma Jensen’s The Best Laid Schemes, but the similarities end right there. The Best Laid Plans features characters ranging from uninteresting to actively irritating, and the writing is sub-par, to say the least. Miss Catherine Prescott D’Eauville (if…
I seem to like books about the high school experience, despite having absolutely no desire to go back to my own adolescence. I think I enjoy them for the same reason some people love traditional regencies. Like Regency society, the social caste of high school is also rigid with prescribed rules that are known to…
To Tempt a Bride wasn’t a bad story, but the bland romance and characterization made for an only average read. Miss Camille Croft is a tomboy. She’s blunt, fun-loving, athletic, and gregarious. She receives many offers during her first season in London, but she hasn’t accepted any of them since none of the proposals were…
Fans of Jo Beverley’s Malloren series will be hard pressed to resist Winter Fire. The Mallorens return in a supporting role as their cousin finds love and a long-standing feud resolves itself. Genova Smith finds herself spending Christmas as companion to the elderly Trayce sisters – gruff Calliope and childlike Thalia. Invited to the home…
I always love to see historical romances set in times and places I don’t encounter as often those set in, for example, Regency England or the American West. Therefore, I was excited about reading a novel set among the Mounties in late 19th century Alberta. Sarah O’Neill travels all the way from Halifax, Nova Scotia…
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